A favorite variety with spear shaped green leaves that are heavily corrugated, with a wide cream margin; ; provides beautiful texture and contrast to other plants; lavender spikes of flowers in mid-summer

Ornamental Features

Shazaam Hosta features dainty spikes of lavender tubular flowers rising above the foliage in mid summer. Its attractive textured pointy leaves remain green in colour with distinctive creamy white edges throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes

Shazaam Hosta is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

Insects

Shazaam Hosta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Mass Planting

Border Edging

General Garden Use

Groundcover

Planting & Growing

Shazaam Hosta will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 16 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 20 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.